Chronic Joy®
Accessible Hope for Everyone!
Compassionately serving you with a wealth of accessible, easy-to-use, faith-based educational resources and publications for all those affected by chronic illness, mental illness, chronic pain, and disability. Hope starts here—you’re an indispensable, irreplaceable piece of the puzzle!
CHRONIC ILLNESS
As we journey through diagnoses and treatment plans, loss and isolation, sadness and grief, we can also discover the gifts of laughter, joy, and hope along the way. [Chronic Pain • Shame in Illness]
CAREGIVERS
A caregiver’s role can be rewarding and exhausting, difficult and joy-filled, meaningful and frustrating, isolating and inspiring—discovering God’s joy as you care for your loved ones.
MENTAL ILLNESS
Stigma, isolation, loneliness, and shame often follow a diagnosis of mental illness. With God, mental illness has no stigma. You are His precious child, deeply loved and fully accepted. [Anxiety • Depression]
SUICIDE PREVENTION
Hold Onto Possibility Everyday • Are you thinking about ending your life? Reach out for support. Are you concerned about a friend or loved one ending their life? Ask. Listen. Love. Pray. [Trauma Soul Care]
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Infusions of Hope
Photography as Prayer
Life slows through the lens. There is just this breath and these pixels of creation. Yet it took me years to understand that this, too, is prayer. It begins as I lift my camera. The weight feels good in my hands—substantial, grounding. I am going to meet with God.
The Promise of Perseverance
Perseverance and surrender may seem contradictory, but I believe they are inseparable. The ability to persevere demands a willingness to let go, trusting in God’s plans rather than my own.
No Longer Unwanted
The promise of a name change is God’s wonderful word for us all. No matter our current feelings, how lonely we feel, how chronic our situation, we are no longer unwanted but loved by God.